This course is unique in the UK in offering a Masters-level award specifically in residential child care. It has been developed to support the development of direct practice and leadership in the residential child care sector in Scotland and beyond.
Consensus is growing that residential child care practice is complex, challenging and requires requisite knowledge, skills and capacities of the workforce. If children and young people are to have positive care experiences which improve their life chances, then those who care for them, and those who support those who care for them, must be supported in developing and maintaining that knowledge.
The MSc in Advanced Residential Child Care has been developed within the School of Social Work and Social Policy alongside the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) to support the development of direct practice and leadership in the residential child care sector in Scotland and beyond.
A second-class Honours degree or equivalent qualifications and experience.
Those with an HNC or relevant SVQ qualifications will be asked to provide a supporting written assignment.
Professional or academic qualifications other than social work will be considered.
September
Postgraduate Master's
MSc
Blended learning
24 months
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Social Work and Social Policy
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